Participatory Journalism and the Personal Media Revolution

Jay Rosen’s class has come up with a list of the blogging efforts at the top 100 newspapers in the US. By referring to the two newspapers that you were selected to review, take a brief look at the state of blogging by answering the following questions:

1. What types of topical blogs does the newspaper run/host, i.e., sports, food, etc…

2. What is the gender breakdown of blogging at that specific newspaper, i.e., how many men to women, and what each gender is responsible for..

3. To what extent does the newspaper link outward to other blogs and MSM publications in their blog(s)?

4. Does the blog(s) permit reader comments?

5. Assess the style of writing, i.e., personal, objective, through a quick perusal of the blog(s).

MSM and Blogging

merazzle — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:13:38 +0000

Some things we are going to look at in this class session

Early Blogging
Old Horgan Site
Current site
Kevin Sites asked to suspend his blogging activities for CNN
Banjo Blues
Against MSM blogging
How Journalists Use Blogs. See BullDog reporter for a full story on how it is being used

Washington Post Web site
Post Remix
Washington Post Mashups
NYTimes
Explanation of blogging practice
Times Memo

Washington Post Shuts Down Comments
1. Editors on Shutting Down Comments
2. Second Guessing washingtonpost.com’s Jim Brady
3. Transparency at the Post: Q/A with Jim Brady of Washington Post
4. Blog Rage
5. How Much Should You Moderate Comments
6. The ethic of interactivity
7. Time to Get Tough
8. Readers Must Be Transparent Too
9. Post Web Site Silences Public Comments After a Flood of Complaints
10. Washingtonpost.com Walks the Line
11. Readers’ anger forces Washington Post to shut off comments indefinitely
12. The Washington Post Comment Controversy
13. Pros and Cons of Closing a Blog’s Comments

Jay Rosen’s Blue Plate Special
Facts About the State of Blogging at America’s 100 Biggest Newspapers

News 2.0

merazzle — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:56:12 +0000

Below is a list of memetrackers, one of the characteristics of this new media 2.0 world where the collective wisdom of users, voting by their interest in stories, makes it to the top. Many of these sites also allow users to write news.

Digg
Gather
Newsvine
Memeorandum (Tech)
Memeorandum
TailRank
Pegasus News
Reddit
Topix
Megite
Chuquet
Newroo
Blogrunner
Blogniscient
Technorati Kitchen
Truth Laid Bear

Citizen Journalism and News 2.0 Examples

merazzle — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:59:47 +0000

Citizen journalism examples abound, mostly as publications outside the MSM. See below for a listing of some sites that practice citizen journalism:

Baristanet
Brattleboro Community News and Discussion
NewWest
CoastSider
Bayosphere
Greensboro101
NowPublic
WestPortNow
BlufftonToday
Backfence. See the Full list of communities
Associated Content
PegasusNews
OhMyNews
GradeTheNews
OrangePolitics
MyMissourian
H20Town
Metroblogging

Group Blogs

merazzle — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:49:05 +0000

Below are some examples of group blogs that are independent from MSM

Slashdot. Founded in 1997. Read how moderation occurs and what karma means
Kuro5hin. Read how moderation occurs
Plastic. Read how moderation occurs
MetaFilter or MeFi. Founded in 1999. Read how moderation occurs. Bad posts put in MetaTalk

Moblogging Resources

merazzle — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:26:32 +0000

Blogger has some excellent resources for moblogging. Use the links below to learn how to moblog with Blogger

On the Go with Blogger Mobile
Blogger on the Go
Posting via Email
AudioBlogger

Places to create a Moblog
EasyMoblog
FoneBlog
SplashBlog
TextAmerica

Additional Moblog Experiments
Joichi Ito (one of the earliest mobloggers)
Newsplex Cingluar Wireless Election Project
Bush Protest
Katrina Aftermath

Resources on VideoBlogging

merazzle — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:45:24 +0000

Below are some links that we will be discussing in class as I go over with you some of the big aspects of videoblogging.

Investigate Documentary/Collaborative Filmmaking
Echo Chamber Project–Kent Bye
Blogumentary–Chuck Olsen
Witness

Webcasting/Distributed Video Infrastructures
Democracy–Internet TV Platform
VideoBomb
Commonbits (uses p2p–Bittorrent). If you wish, learn more about it

Video Search Engines/Video Blogging Aggregators
Google Video
Yahoo Video
Blinkx TV
FireAnt TV
Blip TV
Current TV
YourTube
VideoSift
Vlogdir
Mobuzz (mobile phone)
Video blogging mailing list

Good VideoBlogs
Steve Garfield
Rocketboom

Tips on VideoBlogging
Current TV’s Survival Guide
Vlogit

Windows Movie Maker
Freevlog (use this site to show you how to do your video blogging)

Revenue Models
Revver (Like Fruitcast

MSM/VideoBlogging
Sun–Send us your rants
NYTimes Article on Rocketboom

Additional References on Podcasting

merazzle — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:05:57 +0000

Below are some references for creating good podcasts:

Lisa Williams 4 minutes about podcasting
O’Reilly’s Ten Tips For Improving Your Podcasting
Sound Recording and Editing Tips
Video Podcasting News (A great blog to follow developments in podcasting
Podsafe Music Network (Place to get safe audio for your podcasts)
Tweaking IDE tags (metadata) of mp3 files (IDE Tags enable you to label your audio).
Video Podcasting (Learn all about video podcasting from PodcastingNews).
Pew Report on Podcasting
Measuring Podcasting’s Growth
Using iPodder